Risk management device

ABSTRACT

A risk management device includes: a memory for storing a plurality of verification units each composed of one or more scenario data each including a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collection of the plurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data; and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is programmed to determine by using a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the total value of the loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in the verification range follows a Poisson distribution that the total value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verification range is defined as a mean.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a risk management device, morespecifically, relates to a risk management device having a function ofstatistically verifying loss occurrence frequency in scenario data whichis an input to a risk weighing device.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, company business may face various kinds of operational risk(simply referred to as “risk” hereinafter) such as an earthquake, systemtrouble, a clerical mistake and fraud. Therefore, it is required toweigh the amount of risk by using a risk weighing device and takemeasures against the risk.

A risk weighing device inputs therein fragmental information on anunknown risk profile in a company, and weighs a feature value (e.g.,99.9% value at risk (VaR)) of the risk profile in the company from theinput data. The data inputted into the risk weighing device generallyincludes internal loss data and scenario data. Internal loss data isdata on a loss event having actually occurred in the company. Internalloss data shows the contents of events and the loss amounts brought bythe respective events. However, it is difficult to obtain a necessaryand sufficient number of internal loss data with respect to all eventcontents. Thus, with respect to the content of an event which has rarelyoccurred and the content of an event which has not occurred yet, thevalues of the occurrence frequency and loss amount thereof arecalculated as scenario data and utilized to weigh a risk amount.

A general risk weighing device weighs VaR by using a method called lossdistribution approach (e.g., refer to Patent Document 1 and Non-PatentDocument 1). To be specific, firstly, the risk weighing device generatesa loss frequency distribution from the number of internal loss data, andso on, and generates a loss scale distribution from internal loss data,scenario data and so on. Next, by Monte Carlo simulation, the riskweighing device repeats, ten-thousand or hundred-thousand times, aprocess of taking out the loss amounts of the number of losses caused byusing the abovementioned loss frequency distribution from theabovementioned loss scale distribution, totaling the loss amounts andcalculating a loss mount per holding period, thereby generating thedistribution of the loss amounts. Then, the risk weighing devicecalculates VaR in a predetermined confidence interval from thisgenerated loss amount distribution.

The loss occurrence frequency in scenario data mentioned above ispredicted by a method as shown below (e.g., refer to Non-Patent Document1).

First, based on the number of occurrences of loss per year in businessin which the loss has actually occurred and the scores regarding riskassessment and internal control situation assessment that have beenexecuted on the business, a mean frequency evaluation table isgenerated. In the mean frequency evaluation table, the number ofoccurrences per year is described on a matrix formed by a combination ofrisk assessment and internal control situation assessment. Next,operational risk inherent in each business process or the like isrecognized as a scenario. Then, the risk assessment and internal controlsituation assessment as described above are executed on each scenario,the mean frequency assessment table is subtracted from the score of therisk assessment and the score of the internal control situationassessment, and the frequency of each scenario (the number ofoccurrences of a scenario event in one year) is estimated. Thus, it ispossible to estimate even the occurrence frequency of a scenario suchthat no loss experience exists in the past.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 4241083

Non-Patent Document 1: Kobayashi, Shimizu, Nishiguchi, and Morinaga,“Operational Risk Management,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs,Inc., issued on Apr. 24, 2009, pp. 107-144, 181-189

An error of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data is a major causeof decrease of the accuracy of weighing in a risk weighing device.Therefore, even if loss occurrence frequency in scenario data ispredicted by any method, it is important to perform ex-post verificationof the validity of a predicted value by using a loss case havingactually occurred. However, because a scenario usually deals with anevent which has rarely occurred or an event which has never occurred,the number of loss cases in which such events have actually occurred issmall. Due to such a condition, an effective method has not beenestablished yet for performing ex-post verification of the validity ofloss occurrence frequency in scenario data from a different viewpointfrom the prediction method.

SUMMARY

An object of the present invention is to provide a risk managementdevice solving the aforementioned problem, namely, a problem that thereis no effective method for performing ex-post verification of thevalidity of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data.

A risk management device according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention includes:

a memory for storing a plurality of verification units each composed ofone or more scenario data each including a predicted value of lossoccurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collection of theplurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data; and

a processor connected to the memory,

wherein the processor is programmed to determine by using agoodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether a total value ofthe loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data includedin the verification range follows a Poisson distribution that a totalvalue of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenariodata included in the verification range is defined as a mean.

With the configurations as described above, the present inventionenables verification of the validity of loss occurrence frequency inscenario data by using actual loss cases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a risk management device according to afirst exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of a verification range, aloss occurrence number and a first test condition in the first exemplaryembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the firstexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in verificationof conservativeness in the first exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a risk management device according to asecond exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of a second test conditionin the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the secondexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in verificationof unbiasedness in the second exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a risk management device according to athird exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the thirdexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in correction inthe third exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a risk management device according to afourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an example of the configuration of a scenario data group inthe fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 shows an example of a verification range and a verification unitin the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the fourthexemplary embodiment of the present invention.

EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

Next, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be describedin detail with reference to the drawings.

First Exemplary Embodiment

With reference to FIG. 1, a risk management device 1 according to afirst exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a function ofverifying by using actual loss cases whether loss occurrence frequencyin scenario data included in a plurality of verification units is validfor the whole verification units. Hereinafter, such verification will bereferred to as verification of conservativeness.

This risk management device 1 has, as major function units, acommunication interface unit (referred to as a communication I/F unithereinafter) 11, an operation inputting unit 12, a screen displayingunit 13, a storing unit 14, and a processor 15.

The communication I/F unit 11 is formed by a dedicated datacommunication circuit, and has a function of performing datacommunication with various kinds of devices (not shown in the drawings)connected via a communication line (not shown in the drawings).

The operation inputting unit 12 is formed by an operation input devicesuch as a keyboard and a mouse, and has a function of detecting anoperation by an operator and outputting to the processor 15.

The screen displaying unit 13 is formed by a screen display device suchas an LCD and a PDP, and has a function of displaying various kinds ofinformation such as an operation menu and a verification result on ascreen in accordance with instructions from the processor 15.

The storing unit 14 is formed by a storage device such as a hard diskand a semiconductor memory, and has a function of storing processinginformation necessary for various kinds of processing by the processor15 and a program 14P. The program 14P, which is a program loaded intothe processor 15 and executed to realize various kinds of processingunits, is previously loaded from an external device (not shown) or acomputer-readable storage medium (not shown) via a data input/outputfunction such as the communication I/F 11, and is stored into thestoring unit 14. Major processing information stored by the storing unit14 includes a plurality of verification units 14A1, a verification range14A that is a collection thereof, a first test condition 14C, and afirst test result 14D.

The verification unit 14A1 is composed of one or more scenario data.Each scenario data is composed of an identifier (an ID) for uniquelyidentifying the scenario data and a predicted value of loss occurrencefrequency. A predicted value of a loss occurrence amount of is not usedin verification of the frequency of scenario data, and therefore, may beexcluded from scenario data. FIG. 2 shows an example of theconfiguration of the verification unit 14A1. The verification unit 14A1of this example is composed of one scenario data. Scenario data 14Ali(i=1 to n) has a scenario IDi and a predicted value λi of lossoccurrence frequency. Assuming that a holding period is one year, thepredicted value λi of loss occurrence frequency shows the number ofoccurrences of loss occurring per year.

The verification range 14A is a collection of the verification units14A1. FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the verificationrange 14A. The verification range of this example shows that the set ofscenario data having scenario ID1 to IDn is defined as a verificationrange.

The loss occurrence number 14B is data showing the number of occurrencesof actual loss corresponding to scenario data. The loss occurrencenumber 14B is a collection of pairs each including an identifier forspecifying corresponding scenario data and a loss occurrence number perholding period. FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the lossoccurrence number 14B. Data on the first line of the loss occurrencenumber of this example shows that a loss occurrence number per holdingperiod of a scenario corresponding to a scenario ID1 is one.

The first test result 14D is data showing the result of a first testprocess executed by the processor 15. The first test result 14D is oneof three results, namely, “conservative,” “valid” or “nonconservative.”“Conservative” refers to that loss occurrence frequency in scenario dataincluded in a plurality of verification units is, for the wholeverification units, more than estimated from an actual occurrencenumber. On the contrary to “conservative,” “nonconservative” refers tothat loss occurrence frequency in scenario data included in a pluralityof verification units is, for the whole verification units, less thanestimated from an actual occurrence number. “Valid” is neither“conservative” nor “nonconservative,” and refers to that loss occurrencefrequency in scenario data included in a plurality of verification unitsis valid for the whole verification units.

The first test condition 14C shows a condition for the first testprocess executed by the processor 15. FIG. 2 shows an example of theconfiguration of the first test condition 14C. The first test condition14C shows that first and second significance levels used for the firsttest process are α11 and α12. Herein, the first significance level α11is used for determination of conservativeness, and the secondsignificance level α12 is used for determination of nonconservativeness.

The processor 15 has a microprocessor such as a CPU and a peripheralcircuit thereof, and has a function of loading the program 14P from thestoring unit 14 and executing to make the hardware and the program 14Pwork in cooperation and realize various kinds of processing units. Majorprocessing units realized by the processor 15 are an input storing unit15A, a first test processing unit 15B, and an outputting unit 15C.

The input storing unit 15A has a function of inputting therein theverification units 14A1, the verification range 14A, the loss occurrencenumber 14B and the first test condition 14C from the communication I/Funit 11 or the operation inputting unit 12, and storing into the storingunit 14.

The first test processing unit 15B has a function of determining byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the totalvalue of the loss occurrence numbers 14B corresponding to scenario dataincluded in the respective verification units 14A1 of the verificationrange 14A follows a Poisson distribution that the total value ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the respective verification units 14A1 of the verificationrange 14A is defined as the mean. Moreover, the first test processingunit 15B has a function of storing the result of the test as the firsttest result 14D into the storing unit 14.

The outputting unit 15C has a function of loading the test result 14D bythe first test processing unit 15B from the storing unit 14, andoutputting as a conservativeness verification result for the wholeverification units to the screen displaying unit 13, or to the outsidethrough the communication I/F unit 11.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the operation of the risk managementdevice 1 according to this exemplary embodiment will be described.

First, the input storing unit 15A inputs therein the plurality ofverification units 14A1, the verification range 14A that is a collectionof the verification units 14A1, the actual loss occurrence number 14Bcorresponding to scenario data, and the first test condition 14C fromthe communication I/F unit 11 or the operation inputting unit 12, andstores into the storing unit 14 (step S1).

Next, the first test processing unit 15B loads the plurality ofverification units 14A1, the verification range 14A, the loss occurrencenumber 14B and the first test condition 14C from the storing unit 14,determines by using a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distributionwhether the total value of loss occurrence numbers corresponding toscenario data included in the verification range 14A follows a Poissondistribution that the total value of predicted values of loss occurrencefrequency in the scenario data included in the verification range 14A isdefined as the mean, and stores the result into the storing unit 14(step S2).

Next, the outputting unit 15C loads the test result 14D by the firsttest processing unit 15B from the storing unit 14, and outputs as averification result to the screen displaying unit 13, or to the outsidethrough the communication I/F unit 11 (step S3).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing at step S2 ofFIG. 3. Below, an example of processing by the first test processingunit 15B will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

At the beginning, the first test processing unit 15B calculates a totalvalue ΣNi of loss occurrence numbers corresponding to scenario dataincluded in the verification range 14A (step S11). Next, the first testprocessing unit 15B calculates a total value Σλi of predicted values ofloss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in theverification range 14A (step S12).

Next, the first test processing unit 15B sets a null hypothesis H0 andalternative hypotheses H1 and H2 as described below (step S13). The nullhypothesis H0 is set as “the occurrence number total ΣNi follows aPoisson distribution with the mean Dd.” The alternative hypothesis H1 isset as “the mean is smaller than Σλi (a scenario is conservative). Thealternative hypothesis H2 is set as “the mean is larger than Σλi (ascenario is nonconservative).

Next, the first test processing unit 15B assumed that the nullhypothesis H0 is correct, and calculates thresholds n1 and n2 to becompared with the total value ΣNi of loss occurrence numbers from thePoisson distribution with the mean Σλi (step S14). Herein, the thresholdn1 is a value such that a probability that the Poisson distribution withthe mean Σλi has a value equal to or less than the n1 is more than thesignificance level all and a probability that the Poisson distributionhas a value equal to or less than (n1−1) is equal to or less than thesignificance level α11. Moreover, the threshold n2 is a value such thata probability that the Poisson distribution with the mean Σλi has avalue equal to or more than the n2 is more than the significance levelα12 and a probability that the Poisson distribution has a value equal toor more than (n2+1) is equal to or less than the significance level α12.

Next, the first test processing unit 15B compares the total value ΣNi ofloss occurrence numbers with the thresholds n1 and n2 (steps S15 andS16), generates a test result depending on the comparison results, andstores into the storing unit 14 (steps S17 to S19).

That is to say, the first test processing unit 15B determines“conservative” when ΣNi<n1, “valid” when n1≦ΣNi<n2, and“nonconservative” when n2<ΣNi.

Thus, according to this exemplary embodiment, it is possible to verifythe validity of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data by usingactual loss cases.

Further, according to this exemplary embodiment, because the validity ofloss occurrence frequency is verified for the whole scenario group thatis a collection of a plurality of scenario data, it is possible toperform accurate verification even when the frequency is too low toperform verification of conservativeness for a single scenario. Thiswill be described more.

As verification of conservativeness for each scenario, hypothesistesting will be thought by forming a null hypothesis that a lossoccurrence number Ni corresponding to a scenario i follows a Poissondistribution with the mean λi and an alternative hypothesis that thenull hypothesis is not established. In such verification ofconservativeness for each scenario, for example, assuming a one-tailedtest with a significance level 1%, even when an actual loss occurs onceas a result of observation for one year of a scenario with frequency of1/50 (once a fifty years), the frequency of the scenario is determinedvalid. Therefore, even when an actual loss occurs once with respect toeach of 100 “scenarios with frequency of 1/50,” the frequency isdetermined valid in verification of validity for each scenario. However,it is hard to think that 100 rare events occurring with probability of1/50 occur simultaneously, it is thought that the frequency should bedetermined invalid actually. According to this exemplary embodiment, itis possible to correctly verify even in such a case.

Further, in verification of conservativeness for each scenario, it isdetermined invalid when an actual loss occurs once with respect to a“scenario with frequency of 1/200,” but it is not appropriate todetermine invalid when an actual loss occurs with respect to onescenario among 100 “scenarios with frequency of 1/200.” According tothis exemplary embodiment, it is possible to accurately verify even insuch a case.

Second Exemplary Embodiment

With reference to FIG. 5, a risk management device 2 according to asecond exemplary embodiment of the present invention has, in addition tothe conservativeness verification function possessed by the riskmanagement device 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment, afunction of verifying by using actual loss cases whether there is a biasin conservativeness among verification units in a verification range.Hereinafter, the latter verification will be referred to as verificationof unbiasedness.

The risk management device 2 has, as major function units, acommunication I/F unit 21, an operation inputting unit 22, a screendisplaying unit 23, a storing unit 24, and a processor 25.

The communication I/F unit 21, the operation inputting unit 22 and thescreen displaying unit 23 have the same functions as the communicationI/F unit 11, the operation inputting unit 12 and the screen displayingunit 13 shown in FIG. 1 in the first exemplary embodiment.

The storing unit 24 is formed by a storage device such as a hard diskand a semiconductor memory, and has a function of storing processinginformation necessary for various kinds of processing by the processor25 and a program 24P. The program 24P, which is a program loaded intothe processor 25 and executed to realize various kinds of processingunits, is previously loaded from an external device (not shown) or acomputer-readable storage medium (not shown) via a data input/outputfunction such as the communication I/F 21, and is stored into thestoring unit 24. Major processing information stored by the storing unit24 includes a plurality of verification units 24A1, a verification range24A that is a collection thereof, a loss occurrence number 24B, a firsttest condition 24C, a first test result 24D, a second test condition24E, and a second test result 24F.

The plurality of verification units 24A1, the verification range 24A,the loss occurrence number 24B, the first test condition 24C and thefirst test result 24D are the same as the plurality of verificationunits 14A1, the verification range 14A, the loss occurrence number 14B,the first test condition 14C and the first test result 14D in the firstexemplary embodiment.

The second test result 24F is data showing the result of a second testprocess executed by the processor 25. The second test result 24F iseither “unbiased” or “biased.”

The second test condition 24E shows a condition for the second testprocess executed by the processor 25. FIG. 6 shows an example of theconfiguration of the second test condition 24E. The second testcondition 24E of this example shows that a significance level used forthe second test process is α2.

The processor 25 has a microprocessor such as a CPU and a peripheralcircuit thereof, and has a function of loading the program 24P from thestoring unit 24 and executing to make the hardware and the program 24Pwork in cooperation and realize various kinds of processing units. Majorprocessing units realized by the processor 25 are an input storing unit25A, a first test processing unit 25B, an outputting unit 25C, and asecond test processing unit 25D.

The input storing unit 25A has a function of inputting therein theverification units 24A1, the verification range 24A, the loss occurrencenumber 24B, the first test condition 24C and the second test condition24E from the communication I/F unit 21 or the operation inputting unit22, and storing into the storing unit 24.

The first test processing unit 25B has a function similar to that of thefirst test processing unit 15B of the risk management device 1 accordingto the first exemplary embodiment. That is to say, the first testprocessing unit 25B has a function of determining by using agoodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the total valueof the loss occurrence numbers 24B corresponding to scenario dataincluded in the respective verification units 24A1 of the verificationrange 24A follows a Poisson distribution that the total value ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the respective verification units 24A1 of the verificationrange 24A is defined as the mean, and storing the result of the test asthe first test result 24D into the storing unit 24.

The second test processing unit 25D has a function of determining byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether theloss occurrence numbers 24B corresponding to scenario data for therespective verification units 24A1 follow a multinomial distributionthat a total parameter is the total value of loss occurrence numberscorresponding to scenario data included in the verification range 24Aand a ratio parameter is a ratio of the total value of predicted valuesof loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data for each of theverification units 24A1 to the total value of the predicted values ofloss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in theverification range 24A. Moreover, the second test processing unit 25Dhas a function of storing the result of the test as the second testresult 24F into the storing unit 24.

The outputting unit 25C has a function of loading the first test result24D and the second test result 24F from the storing unit 24, andoutputting as a conservativeness verification result for the wholeverification units and an unbiasedness verification result among theverification units to the screen displaying unit 23, or to the outsidethrough the communication I/F unit 21.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the operation of the risk managementdevice 2 according to this exemplary embodiment will be described.

First, the input storing unit 25A inputs therein the plurality ofverification units 24A1, the verification range 24A that is a collectionof the verification units 24A1, the actual loss occurrence number 24Bcorresponding to scenario data, the first test condition 14C and thesecond test condition 24E from the communication I/F unit 21 or theoperation inputting unit 22, and stores into the storing unit 24 (stepS21).

Next, as well as the first test processing unit 15B in the firstexemplary embodiment, the first test processing unit 25B determines byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the totalvalue of loss occurrence numbers corresponding to scenario data includedin the verification range 24A follows a Poisson distribution that thetotal value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in thescenario data included in the verification range 24A is defined as themean, and stores the result into the storing unit 24 (step S22).

Next, the second test processing unit 25D loads the plurality ofverification units 24A1, the verification range 24A, the loss occurrencenumber 24B and the second test condition 24E from the storing unit 24,determines by using a goodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distributionwhether the loss occurrence numbers 24B corresponding to scenario datafor the respective verification units 24A1 follow a multinomialdistribution that a total parameter is the total value of the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in theverification range 24A and a ratio parameter is a ratio of the totalvalue of the predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in thescenario data for each of the verification units 24A1 to the total valueof the predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenariodata included in the verification range 24A, and stores the result intothe storing unit 24 (step S23).

Next, the outputting unit 25C loads the first test result 24C and thesecond test result 24F from the storing unit 24, and outputs as aconservativeness verification result for the whole verification unitsand an unbiasedness verification result among the verification units tothe screen displaying unit 23, or to the outside through thecommunication I/F unit 21 (step S24).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing at step S23 ofFIG. 7. Below, with reference to FIG. 8, an example of processing by thesecond test processing unit 25D will be described.

At the beginning, the second test processing unit 25D calculates thenumber k of the verification units 24A1 (step S31). Next, the secondtest processing unit 25D calculates, for each verification unit, thetotal value n1, n2, . . . , nk of loss occurrence numbers correspondingto scenario data included in the verification unit (step S32). Next, thesecond test processing unit 25D calculates the total value ΣNi of lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to scenario data included in theverification range 24A (step S33).

Next, the second test processing unit 25D calculates, for eachverification unit 24A1, a predicted value p1, p2, . . . , pk of a ratioparameter (step S34). A ratio parameter pi of a certain verificationunit 24A1 is calculated as a value obtained by dividing the total λi ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data includedin the verification unit by the total value Σλi of predicted values ofloss occurrence frequency in scenario data included in the verificationrange 24A.

Next, the second test processing unit 25D forms a null hypothesis H0 andan alternative hypothesis H1 as shown below (step S35). The nullhypothesis H0 is set as “a ratio parameter is p1, p2, . . . , pk.” Thealternative hypothesis H1 is set as “a ratio parameter is not p1, p2, .. . , pk.”

Next, the second test processing unit 25D assumes that the nullhypothesis H0 is correct, and calculates a probability px that an actualvalue n1, n2, . . . , nk of a loss occurrence number actualizes in amultinomial distribution of a ratio parameter p1, p2, . . . , pk (stepS36).

Next, the second test processing unit 25D calculates a probability foreach of combinations of all available values in a multinomialdistribution with a total parameter ΣNi and a ratio parameter p1, p2, .. . , pk, namely, for each of combinations of k non-negative integerswhose total is ΣNi (step S37). Next, the second test processing unit 25Dcalculates, as a p-value, the total of the probabilities lower than aprobability px that the actual value n1, n2, . . . , nk actualizes amongthe calculated probabilities (step S38).

Next, the second test processing unit 25D compares the calculatedp-value with the significance level α2 (step S39). Then, the second testprocessing unit 25D generates a test result depending on the comparisonresult, and stores into the storing unit 24 (steps S40 and S41). That isto say, the second test processing unit 25D determines “unbiased” whenp-value significance level α2, and determines “biased” whenp-value<significance level α2.

Thus, according to this exemplary embodiment, it is possible to moreaccurately verify the validity of loss occurrence frequency in scenariodata than in the first exemplary embodiment, by using actual loss cases.This is because the validity of loss occurrence frequency is verifiedfor the whole scenario group that is a collection of a plurality ofscenario data and it is verified by using actual loss cases whetherthere is a bias in conservativeness among verification units. This willbe described more.

As mentioned above, by verifying the validity of loss occurrencefrequency for the whole scenario group that is a collection of scenariodata of all verification units, it becomes possible to accurately verifyeven when scenario frequency is too low to perform verification ofconservativeness for a single verification unit. However, when scenariodata of all verification units are collected into one, scenariofrequency of each verification unit is concealed. Therefore, when thetotal of scenario frequency of the whole scenario group is constant, theresult of verification of conservativeness becomes constant. Byperforming verification of unbiasedness, it is possible to verify a biasin conservativeness among verification units, which cannot be verifiedin verification of conservativeness.

Third Exemplary Embodiment

With reference to FIG. 9, a risk management device 3 according to athird exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a function ofcorrecting loss occurrence frequency in scenario data based on theresult of verification, in addition to the conservativeness verificationfunction and the unbiasedness verification function possessed by therisk management device 2 according to the second exemplary embodiment.

The risk management device 3 has, as major function units, acommunication I/F unit 31, an operation inputting unit 32, a screendisplaying unit 33, a storing unit 34, and a processor 35.

The communication I/F unit 31, the operation inputting unit 32 and thescreen displaying unit 33 have the same functions as the communicationI/F unit 21, the operation inputting unit 22 and the screen displayingunit 23 shown in FIG. 5 in the second exemplary embodiment.

The storing unit 34 is formed by a storage device such as a hard diskand a semiconductor memory, and has a function of storing processinginformation necessary for various kinds of processing by the processor35 and a program 34P. The program 34P, which is a program loaded intothe processor 35 and executed to realize various kinds of processingunits, is previously loaded from an external device (not shown) or acomputer-readable storage medium (not shown) via a data input/outputfunction such as the communication I/F unit 31, and is stored into thestoring unit 34. Major processing information stored by the storing unit34 includes a plurality of verification units 34A1, a verification range34A that is a collection thereof, a loss occurrence number 34B, a firsttest condition 34C, a first test result 34D, a second test condition34E, and a second test result 34F.

The plurality of verification units 34A1, the verification range 34Athat is a collection thereof, the loss occurrence number 34B, the firsttest condition 34C, the first test result 34D, the second test condition34E and the second test result 34F are the same as the plurality ofverification units 24A1, the verification range 24A, the loss occurrencenumber 24B, the first test condition 24C, the first test result 24D, thesecond test condition 24E and the second test result 24F in the secondexemplary embodiment.

The processor 35 has a microprocessor such as a CPU and a peripheralcircuit thereof, and has a function of loading the program 34P from thestoring unit 34 and executing to make the hardware and the program 34Pwork in cooperation and realize various kinds of processing units. Majorprocessing units realized by the processor 35 are an input storing unit35A, a first test processing unit 35B, an outputting unit 35C, a secondtest processing unit 35D, and a correcting unit 35E.

The input storing unit 35A, the first test processing unit 35B and thesecond test processing unit 35D have the same functions as the inputstoring unit 25A, the first test processing unit 25B and the second testprocessing unit 25D in the second exemplary embodiment.

The correcting unit 35E has a function of loading the conservativenessverification test result 34D and the unbiasedness verification testresult 34F from the storing unit 34, determining a verification unit34A1 in which a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency is to becorrected based on the two test results, and correcting the predictedvalue of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data of the determinedverification unit 34A1. Moreover, the correcting unit 35E has a functionof storing the corrected scenario data into the storing unit 34. Thecorrecting unit 35E may write the corrected scenario data over theoriginal scenario data, or may store the corrected scenario data intothe storing unit 34 separately from the original scenario data.Moreover, the correcting unit 35E has a function of making the firsttest processing unit 35B restart the processing in the case of havingcorrected at least one scenario data.

The outputting unit 35C has a function of loading the first test result34D, the second test result 34F and the corrected scenario data from thestoring unit 34, and outputting as a conservativeness verificationresult of the whole verification units, an unbiasedness verificationresult among the verification units and the content of correction to thescreen displaying unit 33, or to the outside through the communicationI/F unit 31.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, the operation of the risk managementdevice 3 according to this exemplary embodiment will be described.

First, as well as the input storing unit 25A in the second exemplaryembodiment, the input storing unit 35A inputs therein the plurality ofverification units 34A1, the verification range 34A that is a collectionof the verification units 34A1, the actual loss occurrence number 34Bcorresponding to scenario data, the first test condition 34C and thesecond test condition 34E from the communication I/F unit 31 or theoperation inputting unit 32, and stores into the storing unit 34 (stepS51).

Next, as well as the first test processing unit 25B in the secondexemplary embodiment, the first test processing unit 35B determines byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the totalvalue of loss occurrence numbers corresponding to scenario data includedin the verification range 34A follows a Poisson distribution that thetotal value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in thescenario data included in the verification range 34A is defined as themean, and stores the result into the storing unit 34 (step S52).

Next, as well as the second test processing unit 25D in the secondexemplary embodiment, the second test processing unit 35D determines byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether theloss occurrence numbers 34B corresponding to scenario data for therespective verification units 34A1 follow a multinomial distributionthat a total parameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numbers34B corresponding to the scenario data included in the verificationrange 34A and a ratio parameter is a ratio of the total value of thepredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data foreach of the verification units 34A1 to the total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in theverification range 34A, and stores the result into the storing unit 34(step S53).

Next, the correcting unit 35E determines a verification unit 34A1 inwhich a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency is to be correctedbased on the conservativeness verification test result 34D and theunbiasedness verification test result 34F, corrects the predicted valueof loss occurrence frequency in scenario data in the determinedverification unit 34A1, and stores the corrected scenario data into thestoring unit 34 (step S54).

Next, the correcting unit 35E determines whether it has corrected atleast one scenario data (step S55) and, in the case of having corrected,returns control to the first test processing unit 35B. Consequently,after the verification of conservativeness and verification ofunbiasedness as mentioned above are executed again by using thecorrected scenario data, the correction process by the correcting unit35E is executed. This process is repeated until correction is executedon all scenario data to be corrected. On the other hand, in the case ofhaving not corrected scenario data, the correcting unit 35E passescontrol to the outputting unit 35C.

The outputting unit 35C loads the first test result 34C, the second testresult 34F and the corrected scenario data from the storing unit 34, andoutputs as a conservativeness verification result for the wholeverification units, an unbiasedness verification result among theverification units and the content of correction to the screendisplaying unit 33, or to the outside via the communication I/F unit 31(step S56).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing at step S54in FIG. 10. Below, with reference to FIG. 11, an example of theprocessing at step S54 executed by the correcting unit 35E will bedescribed.

The correcting unit 35E determines whether the result 34D ofverification of conservativeness is “conservative,” “valid” or“non-conservative” and also determines whether the result 34F ofverification of unbiasedness is “unbiased” or “biased” (steps S61 toS64). Then, the correcting unit 35E classifies into six cases shownbelow in accordance with the determination results, and executes acorrection process corresponding to each of the cases (steps S65 toS70).

(1) Case 1: Conservative and Unbiased

In this case, the correcting unit 35E performs correction by decreasingpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data includedin all of the verification units 34A1 (step S65).

(2) Case 2: Conservative and Biased

In this case, the correcting unit 35E performs correction by decreasingpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data includedin the most conservative verification unit 34A1 among all of theverification units (step S66).

(3) Case 3: Valid in Conservativeness and Unbiased

In this case, the correcting unit 35E determines that there is no needto correct (step S67).

(4) Case 4: Valid in Conservativeness and Biased

In this case, the correcting unit 35E performs correction by increasingpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data includedin the most nonconservative verification unit 34A1 among all of theverification units (step S68).

(5) Case 5: Nonconservative and Unbiased

In this case, the correcting unit 35E performs correction by increasingpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data includedin all of the verification units 34A1 (step S69).

(6) Case 6: Nonconservative and Biased

In this case, as in Case 4, the correcting unit 35E performs correctionby increasing predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in scenariodata included in the most nonconservative verification unit 34A1 amongall of the verification units (step S70).

The correcting unit 35E determines relativeconservatives/nonconservativeness among verification units bycalculating estimation values of conservativeness of the respectiveverification units and determining based on the magnitude thereof. Anestimation value of conservativeness is a probability (=a value of acumulative distribution function) that a Poisson distribution in whichthe total value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency inscenario data included in a verification unit is defined as a meanparameter takes a value equal to or less than the total value of actualloss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included inthe verification unit. Among verification units, a verification unitthat the abovementioned probability is the lowest is the mostconservative verification unit, and a verification unit that theprobability is the highest is the most nonconservative verificationunit.

Further, the correcting unit 35E determines the degree to increase ordecrease a predicted value by correction in accordance with a previouslydetermined rule. As the rule of correction, for example, the correctingunit 35E may use a rule such that a predicted value before correction isincreased or decreased by a predetermined ratio (e.g., 30%) of thepredicted value. Alternatively, the correcting unit 35E may use a rulesuch that correction is performed so that a value of frequency beforecorrection in a frequency table where predicted values available as lossoccurrence frequency are arranged in decreasing order is increased ordecreased by 1 rank or 2 ranks.

Thus, according to this exemplary embodiment, it is possible to obtainthe same effect as in the second exemplary embodiment, and it is alsopossible to automatically correct loss occurrence frequency in scenariodata in a case that an invalid verification result is obtained in theresults of verification of conservativeness and verification ofunbiasedness.

Fourth Exemplary Embodiment

With reference to FIG. 12, a risk management device 4 according to afourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a function ofextracting scenario data as the target of verification from a scenariodata group and setting verification units and a verification range thatis a collection thereof, in addition to the conservativenessverification function, the unbiasedness verification function and thecorrection function possessed by the risk management device 3 accordingto the third exemplary embodiment.

The risk management device 4 has, as major function units, acommunication I/F unit 41, an operation inputting unit 42, a screendisplaying unit 43, a storing unit 44, and a processor 45.

The communication I/F unit 41, the operation inputting unit 42 and thescreen displaying unit 43 have the same functions as the communicationI/F unit 31, the operation inputting unit 32 and the screen displayingunit 33 shown in FIG. 9 in the third exemplary embodiment.

The storing unit 44 is formed by a storage device such as a hard diskand a semiconductor memory, and has a function of storing processinginformation necessary for various kinds of processing by the processor45 and a program 44P. The program 44P, which is a program loaded intothe processor 45 and executed to realize various kinds of processingunits, is previously loaded from an external device (not shown) or acomputer-readable storage medium (not shown) via a data input/outputfunction such as the communication I/F unit 41, and is stored into thestoring unit 44. Major processing information stored by the storing unit44 includes a scenario data group 44G, a plurality of verification units44A1, a verification range 44A which is a collection thereof, a lossoccurrence number 44B, a first test condition 44C, a first test result44D,a second test condition 44E, and a second test result 44F.

The scenario data group 44G is composed of a plurality of scenario data.Each scenario data is composed of an identifier (ID) for uniquelyidentifying the scenario data, a predicted value of loss occurrencefrequency, the kind of a loss event, and a related division representinga division having generated the scenario, a division in which thescenario is possible, or the like. FIG. 13 shows an example of theconfiguration of the scenario data group 44G. The scenario data group44G of this example is composed of m scenario data. Scenario data 44Gi(i=1 to m) has a scenario IDi, a predicted value λi of loss occurrencefrequency, the kind of a loss event, and a related division. Thepredicted value λi of loss occurrence frequency represents, assumingthat a holding period is one year, the number of occurrences of a lossoccurring per year. The kind of a loss event is, for example, systemtrouble, fraud, an earthquake, or the like.

The plurality of verification units 44A1, the verification range 44Athat is a collection thereof, the loss occurrence number 44B, the firsttest condition 44C, the first test result 44D, the second test condition44E and the second test result 44F are the same as the plurality ofverification units 34A1, the verification range 34A, the loss occurrencenumber 34B, the first test condition 34C, the first test result 34D, thesecond test condition 34E and the second test result 34F in the thirdexemplary embodiment. However, there is a difference such that theplurality of verification units 34A1 and the verification range 34A aredata given as input information, whereas the plurality of verificationunits 44A1 and the verification range 44A are data automaticallygenerated from the scenario data group 44G.

The processor 45 has a microprocessor such as a CPU and a peripheralcircuit thereof, and has a function of loading the program 44P from thestoring unit 44 and executing to make the hardware and the program 44Pwork in cooperation and realize various kinds of processing units. Majorprocessing units realized by the processor 45 are an input storing unit45A, a first test processing unit 45B, an outputting unit 45C, a secondtest processing unit 45D, a correcting unit 45E, and a verificationtarget setting unit 45F.

The input storing unit 45A has a function of inputting therein thescenario data group 44G, the loss occurrence number 44B, the first testcondition 44C and the second test condition 44E from the communicationI/F unit 41 or the operation inputting unit 42, and storing into thestoring unit 44.

The verification target setting unit 45F has a function of extracting aplurality of scenario data as a verification range from the scenariodata group 44G, and moreover, classifying the plurality of scenario datahaving been extracted into a plurality of verification units.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a verification range and a verificationunit. In a setting 1, the unit of the verification range is adepartment, and the verification unit is a scenario. According to thissetting 1, for example, focusing on a first sales department, the set ofscenario data including the first sales department as a related divisionin FIG. 13 is the verification range, and each of the scenario datawithin the set is the verification unit. Moreover, in a setting 2, theunit of the verification range is each operational division, and theverification unit is a department. According to this setting 2, forexample, focusing on a first operational division having the first salesdepartment and a second sales department, the set of scenario dataincluding the first sales department or the second sales department as arelated division in FIG. 13 is the verification range and, in the set,the set of scenario data including the first sales department as arelated division and the set of scenario data including the second salesdepartment as a related division are each the verification unit.Moreover, in a setting 3, the unit of the verification range is eachoperational division, and the verification unit is the kind of a lossevent. According to this setting 3, for example, focusing on the firstoperational division, the set of scenario data including the first salesdepartment or the second sales department as a related division in FIG.13 is the verification range and, in the set, the set of scenario dataincluding the same kind of loss event is the verification unit.

In the verification target setting unit 45F, one or more settings likethe abovementioned settings 1 to 3 are defined. The verification targetsetting unit 45 calculates the verification units 44A1 and theverification range 44A that is the set thereof from the scenario datagroup 44G in accordance with the defined settings, and stores into thestoring unit 44. In a case that two or more settings are defined,processing is executed in accordance with the defined order. Forexample, in a case that a setting ranked first is such that theverification range is each department and the verification unit is ascenario, the verification range 44A and the verification units 44A1 aregenerated for each existing department such as a sales department, andthe verification process and the correction process are executed inorder. When the verification process and the correction process on thefirst-ranked setting are completed, the verification range 44A and theverification units 44A1 are generated in accordance with a settingranked next. Such a process is repeated on all of the defined settings.

As the order of processing, bottom-up approach of preferentiallyexecuting from a narrower verification range, for example, in order ofthe setting 1 and then the setting 2 in FIG. 14 is preferable in orderto avoid that a department generating a correct scenario is subjected tocorrection due to influence by another department generating anincorrect scenario. Moreover, in the case of processing preferentiallyfrom a narrower verification range, there is a possibility that, whencorrection is executed in verification of a verification range in themiddle, the result of the correction conflicts with verification of anarrower verification range having been executed before, and hence, itis desirable to re-execute verification from the narrowest verificationrange when correction is executed in the middle.

The first test processing unit 45B, the second test processing unit 45D,the correcting unit 45E and the outputting unit 45C have the samefunctions as the first test processing unit 35B, the second testprocessing unit 35D, the correcting unit 35E and the outputting unit 35Cin the third exemplary embodiment. However, the first and second testprocessing units 45B and 45D store the first and second test results 44Dand 44F into the storing unit 44 so that it is definitely distinguishedwhat setting the test result is the result of testing on a verificationrange in. Moreover, the outputting unit 45C outputs the first and secondtest results 44D and 44F to the storing unit 44 so that it is definitelydistinguished what setting the test result is the result of testing on averification range in.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, the operation of the risk managementdevice 4 according to this exemplary embodiment will be described.

First, the input storing unit 45A inputs therein the scenario data group44G, the actual loss occurrence number 44B corresponding to scenariodata, the first test condition 44C and the second test condition 44Efrom the communication I/F unit 41 or the operation inputting unit 42,and stores into the storing unit 44 (step S81).

Next, the verification target setting unit 45F focuses on the definitionof a first-ranked setting to be processed first (step S82). Next, inaccordance with the focused setting definition, the verification targetsetting unit 45F extracts a plurality of scenario data as a verificationrange from the scenario data group 44G, and moreover, classifies theplurality of scenario data having been extracted into a plurality ofverification units, thereby generating the verification units 44A1 andthe verification rage 44A that is a collection thereof and storing intothe storing unit 44 (step S83).

Next, the first test processing unit 45B loads the plurality ofverification units 44A1 and the verification range 44A that is acollection thereof generated by the verification target setting unit45F, the loss generation number 44B and the first test condition 44Cfrom the storing unit 44 and, as well as the first test processing unit35B in the third exemplary embodiment, determines by using agoodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the total valueof loss occurrence numbers corresponding to scenario data included inthe verification range 44A follows a Poisson distribution in which thetotal value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in thescenario data included in the verification range 44A is defined as themean, and stores the result into the storing unit 44 (step S84).

Next, as well as the second test processing unit 35D in the thirdexemplary embodiment, the second test processing unit 45D determines byusing a goodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether theloss occurrence numbers 44B corresponding to scenario data for therespective verification units 44A1 follow a multinomial distributionthat a total parameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numbers44B corresponding to the scenario data included in the verificationrange 44A and a ratio parameter is the ratio of the total value of thepredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data foreach of the verification unit 44A1 to the total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in theverification range 44A, and stores the result into the storing unit 44(step S85).

Next, as well as the correcting unit 35E in the third exemplaryembodiment, the correcting unit 45E determines a verification unit 44A1subjected to correction of a predicted value of loss occurrencefrequency based on the conservativeness verification test result 44D andthe unbiasedness verification test result 44F, corrects a predictedvalue of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data in the determinedverification unit 44A1, and stores the corrected scenario data into thestoring unit 44 (step S86).

Next, the correcting unit 45E determines whether it has corrected atleast one scenario data (step S87) and, in the case of having corrected,returns control to the first test processing unit 45B. Consequently,after the verification of conservativeness and verification ofunbiasedness as mentioned above are executed on the verification range44A in process again by using the corrected scenario data, thecorrection process by the correcting unit 45E is executed. This processis repeated until the correction process is executed on all scenariodata to be corrected. On the other hand, in the case of having notcorrected scenario data, the correcting unit 45E returns control to theverification target setting unit 45F.

The verification target setting unit 45F determines whether anunprocessed verification range regarding the focused setting definitionexists (step S88) and, in a case that an unprocessed verification rangeexists, returns to the processing at S83. Consequently, in accordancewith the focused setting definition, the verification units 44A1 and theverification range 44A that is a collection thereof are generated withrespect to the unprocessed setting range, and the verification ofconservativeness, the verification of unbiasedness and the correctionprocess are executed on the verification range 44A.

On the other hand, in a case that an unprocessed verification rangeregarding the focused setting definition is not left, the verificationtarget setting unit 45F determines whether the focused settingdefinition is the first and sole one (step S89). In a case that thefocusing setting definition is the first and sole one, the verificationtarget setting unit 45F passes control to the outputting unit 45C. In acase that the focused setting definition is not the first or sole one,the verification target setting unit 45F determines whether correctionon scenario data has been performed in processing of the focused settingdefinition (step S90). In a case that the correction has been performed,the verification target setting unit 45F returns to the processing atstep S82. Consequently, verification is repeated from the first settingdefinition again. Moreover, when the correction has not been performed,the verification target setting unit 45F determines whether there is anunprocessed setting definition (step S91) and, when there is anunprocessed one, also returns to the processing at step 83.Consequently, with respect to the next setting definition, the sameprocessing as executed for the previous setting definition is repeated.Moreover, when there is no unprocessed setting definition, theverification target setting unit 45F passes the outputting unit 45C.

The outputting unit 45C loads therein the first test result 44D, thesecond test result 44F and the corrected scenario data from the storingunit 44, and outputs a conservativeness verification result for thewhole verification units, an unbiasedness verification result amongverification units, and the content of correction for each of thesettings to the screen displaying unit 43, or to the outside via thecommunication I/F unit 41 (step S93).

Thus, according to this exemplary embodiment, it is possible to obtainthe same effect as in the third exemplary embodiment, and it is alsopossible to reduce load on a person in charge of verification because itis possible to automatically generate the verification range 44A and theverification units 44A1.

Other Exemplary Embodiments

Although the present invention has been described above with theexemplary embodiments, the present invention is not limited to theexemplary embodiments described above and can be modified in variousmanners. For example, the present invention can also be applied to riskother than operational risk, such as credit risk relating to margintrading like load service and market risk relating to exchange tradingand interest trading. Moreover, the present invention also includesexemplary embodiments as described below.

In the exemplary embodiments described above, three verification resultsof “conservative,” “valid” and “nonconservative” are derived inverification of conservativeness. However, according to the presentinvention, two verification results of “valid” and “others” may bederived in verification of conservativeness.

Further, in the exemplary embodiments described above, significancelevels in verification of conservativeness and verification ofunbiasedness are fixed values. However, according to the presentinvention, the significance levels may be variable values. Moreover, itis possible to configure to execute verification of conservativeness,verification of unbiasedness and a correction process with a firstsignificance level and thereafter execute verification ofconservativeness and verification of unbiasedness with a secondsignificance level which is larger than the first significance level,and output only the results of verification with the second significancelevel.

Further, in the exemplary embodiments described above, verificationresults of verification of conservativeness and verification ofunbiasedness are classified into six cases, and correction is performedautomatically in five cases other than a case of valid inconservativeness/unbiasedness. However, according to the presentinvention, correction may be performed automatically in, among the fivecases, only one case of nonconservative/unbiased, or only two cases ofnonconservative/unbiased and nonconservative/biased, or only three casesof nonconservative/unbiased, nonconservative/biased and valid inconservativeness/biased.

The present invention is based upon and claims the benefit of priorityfrom Japanese patent application No. 2011-072747, filed on Mar. 29,2011, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety byreference.

The present invention can be utilized to, for example, verify thevalidity of a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency in scenariodata used as input information to a risk weighing device and correct thepredicted value depending on the verification result.

The whole or part of the exemplary embodiments disclosed above can bedescribed as, but not limited to, the following supplementary notes.

Supplementary Note 1

A risk management device comprising:

a storing means for storing a plurality of verification units eachcomposed of one or more scenario data each including a predicted valueof loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collectionof the plurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrencenumbers corresponding to the scenario data; and

a first test processing means for determining by using a goodness-of-fittest on a Poisson distribution whether a total value of the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in theverification range follows a Poisson distribution that a total value ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the verification range is defined as a mean.

Supplementary Note 2

The risk management device according to Supplementary Note 1, comprisinga second test processing means for determining by using agoodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data for the respectiveverification units follow a multinomial distribution that a totalparameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data included in the verification rangeand a ratio parameter is a ratio of a total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data for each of theverification units to the total value of the predicted values of lossoccurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verificationrange.

Supplementary Note 3

The risk management device according to Supplementary Note 2, comprisinga correcting means for determining a verification unit in which apredicted value of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data is to becorrected, based on a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the Poissondistribution and a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the multinomialdistribution.

Supplementary Note 4

The risk management device according to Supplementary Note 3, whereinthe correcting means is configured to correct the predicted value ofloss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in thedetermined verification unit.

Supplementary Note 5

The risk management device according to any of Supplementary Notes 1 to4, wherein the storing means is configured to store a scenario datagroup composed of a plurality of scenario data each including apredicted value of loss occurrence frequency, the risk management devicecomprising a verification target setting means for extracting theverification range and the plurality of verification units from thescenario data group.

Supplementary Note 6

A risk management method executed by a risk management device whichincludes a storing means for storing a plurality of verification unitseach composed of one or more scenario data each including a predictedvalue of loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is acollection of the plurality of verification units, and actual lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data, and includes afirst test processing means, the risk management method comprising:

by the first test processing means, determining by using agoodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether a total value ofthe loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data includedin the verification range follows a Poisson distribution that a totalvalue of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenariodata included in the verification range is defined as a mean.

Supplementary Note 7

The risk management method according to Supplementary Note 6, whereinthe risk management device includes a second test processing means,

the risk management method comprising:

by the second test processing means, determining by using agoodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data for the respectiveverification units follow a multinomial distribution that a totalparameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data included in the verification rangeand a ratio parameter is a ratio of a total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data for each of theverification units to the total value of the predicted values of lossoccurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verificationrange.

Supplementary Note 8

The risk management method according to Supplementary Note 7, whereinthe risk management device includes a correcting means,

the risk management method comprising:

by the correcting means, determining a verification unit in which apredicted value of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data is to becorrected, based on a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the Poissondistribution and a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the multinomialdistribution.

Supplementary Note 9

The risk management method according to Supplementary Note 8,comprising:

by the correcting means, correcting the predicted value of lossoccurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the determinedverification unit.

Supplementary Note 10

A computer program comprising instructions for causing a computer, whichhas a storing means for storing a plurality of verification units eachcomposed of one or more scenario data each including a predicted valueof loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collectionof the plurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrencenumbers corresponding to the scenario data, to functions as:

first test processing means for determining by using a goodness-of-fittest on a Poisson distribution whether a total value of the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in theverification range follows a Poisson distribution that a total value ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the verification range is defined as a mean.

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1. A risk management device comprising: a memory for storing a pluralityof verification units each composed of one or more scenario data eachincluding a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency, a verificationrange that is a collection of the plurality of verification units, andactual loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data; and aprocessor connected to the memory, wherein the processor is programmedto determine by using a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distributionwhether a total value of the loss occurrence numbers corresponding tothe scenario data included in the verification range follows a Poissondistribution that a total value of predicted values of loss occurrencefrequency in the scenario data included in the verification range isdefined as a mean.
 2. The risk management device according to claim 1,wherein the processor is further programmed to determine by using agoodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whether the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data for the respectiveverification units follow a multinomial distribution that a totalparameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data included in the verification rangeand a ratio parameter is a ratio of a total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data for each of theverification units to the total value of the predicted values of lossoccurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verificationrange.
 3. The risk management device according to claim 2, wherein theprocessor is further programmed to determine a verification unit inwhich a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data isto be corrected, based on a result of the goodness-of-fit test on thePoisson distribution and a result of the goodness-of-fit test on themultinomial distribution.
 4. The risk management device according toclaim 3, wherein the processor is further programmed to correct thepredicted value of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the determined verification unit.
 5. The risk managementdevice according to claim 1, wherein: the memory is further configuredto store a scenario data group composed of a plurality of scenario dataeach including a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency; and theprocessor is further programmed to extract the verification range andthe plurality of verification units from the scenario data group.
 6. Arisk management method executed by a risk management device whichincludes a memory for storing a plurality of verification units eachcomposed of one or more scenario data each including a predicted valueof loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collectionof the plurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrencenumbers corresponding to the scenario data, and includes a processorconnected to the memory, the risk management method comprising: by theprocessor, determining by using a goodness-of-fit test on a Poissondistribution whether a total value of the loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data included in the verification rangefollows a Poisson distribution that a total value of predicted values ofloss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in theverification range is defined as a mean.
 7. The risk management methodaccording to claim 6, further comprising: by the processor, determiningby using a goodness-of-fit test on a multinomial distribution whetherthe loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data for therespective verification units follow a multinomial distribution that atotal parameter is the total value of the loss occurrence numberscorresponding to the scenario data included in the verification rangeand a ratio parameter is a ratio of a total value of the predictedvalues of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data for each of theverification units to the total value of the predicted values of lossoccurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verificationrange.
 8. The risk management method according to claim 7, furthercomprising: by the processor, determining a verification unit in which apredicted value of loss occurrence frequency in scenario data is to becorrected, based on a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the Poissondistribution and a result of the goodness-of-fit test on the multinomialdistribution.
 9. The risk management method according to claim 8,further comprising: by the processor, correcting the predicted value ofloss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in thedetermined verification unit.
 10. A non-transitory computer-readablemedium storing a program comprising instructions for causing aprocessor, which is connected to a memory for storing a plurality ofverification units each composed of one or more scenario data eachincluding a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency, a verificationrange that is a collection of the plurality of verification units, andactual loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data, toperform operations including: determining by using a goodness-of-fittest on a Poisson distribution whether a total value of the lossoccurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in theverification range follows a Poisson distribution that a total value ofpredicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario dataincluded in the verification range is defined as a mean.